5 popular series of games that it's time for the dustbin of history

1. Assassin's Creed

Since its introduction in 2007, Assassin's Creed was a series of stealth-action games about the secretive assassins. Since the time of the second part of the new game franchises out every year, sometimes even two at a time.

Gradually began to penetrate into a series of role-playing elements: branches of skills, health bars the enemy. And with the release of Odyssey in 2018 Assassin's Creed has turned into a full-fledged action-RPG. In the dialog, you can choose the answers, they affect the results of quests. The ending depends on the hero's actions throughout the game. The character has levels, and volume to maximum takes more than a dozen hours.

Games franchise has not lost as: Origins Odyssey and captivate them want to learn and pass. But this is not Assassin's Creed. No hidden blade or confrontation and the Templars AssassinsNor, most importantly, the opportunity to study the enemy, only to sneak up on him and kill him in one motion.

It would be logical to end franchise Syndicate 2015 and following of the call in some other way, creating, for example, a series of spin-offs. But Ubisoft will not do it: the brand Assassin's Creed is too powerful to refuse it. Especially considering the cost of developing the game of this magnitude.

2. Metal Gear

Metal Gear franchise created by Hideo Kojima - one of the most famous game designers of our time. He is devoted to his games: he controls every aspect of the design, creating a remarkable synergy of gameplay, art and story direkshena.

For nearly 30 years, Kojima working on a series, building Metal Gear universe with its own laws, history and heroes. In 2015 he published a Metal Gear Solid V - the last part of the series, in which a hand in the famous developer.

But the franchise did not end there. The company Konami, which owns the rights to it, continues to create games with a Metal Gear title. So, in 2018, she released Metal Gear Survive - survival-action game in which players need to gather resources on a huge map and then defend against hordes zombie.

With Kojima Survive work has little to do: it looks like a little on the Metal Gear Solid V, the action takes place in the same universe. But, unlike previous installments, Survive boring and forgettable. The gameplay in it as though artificially stretched, and the plot and the characters really no prescription.

Survive received very low marks from the press, but you can be sure that Konami will release more than one game in the popular series. A pity: it would cost to be left alone.

3. Need for Speed

Once Need for Speed ​​was one of the major racing series in the world. C 1997, the new parts out almost every year. But after a very successful 2005 Most Wanted franchise's popularity began to decline along with the quality of games.

Electronic Arts, the publisher of the franchise, once again tried to find a gold mine with the help of experiments. So, ProStreet and Shift were devoted to legal races, and The Run - linear thriller Hollywood scale.

The company also produced remakes of successful games in the series (Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted) in the hope that the fans will return to see a familiar name. These games were not a failure, but the results are not comparable with the success of the original Most Wanted.

In 2015 came Need for Speed, designed to restart the entire franchise. It was everything that fans love: an endless night, street racing and tuning opportunities. But it is not gained special popularity.

Inspired by the film series "Fast and Furious», Payback 2017 proved to be no better - press has estimatedMetacritic its about 6 points out of 10.

Perhaps, Electronic Arts simply time to abandon the idea of ​​the revival of the series. Give the talented studios under its wing to create a new franchise rather than continue the futile attempt to re-find the "soul» Need for Speed.

4. Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider series has more than 20 years. Over the years, Lara Croft greatly added to the number of polygons, visited hundreds of tombs and even was able to make war with the dark forces alongside the immortal warrior Maya.

The last restart of the franchise occurred in 2013. From that moment on a series of games have become epic adventure - like Uncharted, only crafting and female character at the center of history.

The problem is that a new character is not perceived as Lara Croft. It's a completely different person, to whom the same name went on the ridiculous accident. She has no sense of humor, no infinite self-confidence or charisma of the protagonist of the previous parts. From the old Lara was only a type of activity and with father issues.

The new trilogy is connected with the first part only formally. So, it makes sense to send a series of Tomb Raider to rest and create a new franchise action adventure with a woman in the lead role. The main thing - to come up with the heroine memorable name.

5. Grand Theft Auto

In 2001, Rockstar Games has shown what can be in the open world action games. Grand Theft Auto III surprised All the gaming community with its size, the feeling of freedom and a plot worthy of a crime thriller.

The following games series became more ambitious. In San Andreas players was available the whole staff, in GTA IV appeared realism and advanced physics and GTA V has surpassed all that Rockstar has done before, the scale and elaboration of the world.

However, in the fifth part is particularly clearly shown the main problem of the famous game studio: outdated gameplay. Stunning degree of freedom in the study world here contrasts with the limitations that appear during the missions. The player has to do exactly what the developers have provided, otherwise it waits for the failure.

You can not stop the car quest character beforehand putting on her way truck: it will simply disappear. Often it is not even permitted to transfer to the faster car during the chase. Why do I need crafted open world, if it can not be used imaginatively for assignments?

Especially as the unrivaled number of parts is the price: they spent a lot of money, and tens of thousands of hours of work. It may, of Rockstar not use these resources to create something radically new and more just change the gaming industry.